Math Vocabulary for Geometry Chapter 10 in enVision Math (Scott Foresman)

solid figurea geometric figure that has length, width, and height. rectangular prisma solid figure with faces that are rectangles. cubea solid figure with six faces that are congruent. pyramida solid figure whose base is a polygon and whose faces are triangles with a common point. cylindera solid figure with two congruent circles as bases. conea solid figure with a circle as its base and a curved surface that meets at a point. spherea solid figure in the shape of a ball. facea flat surface of a solid that does not roll. edgea line segment where two faces of a solid figure meet. vertex(plural, vertices) the point where two rays meet to form an angle. The points where the sides of a polygon meet. The points where 3 or more edges meet in a solid figure that does not roll. The pointed part of a cone. pointan exact position often marked by a dot. linea straight path of points that is endless in both directions. line segmenta part of a line that has two endpoints. intersecting lineslines that cross at one point. parallel lineslines that never intersect. perpendicular linestwo lines that intersect to form right angles. raya part of a line that has one endpoint and continues endlessly in one direction. anglea figure formed by two rays that have the same endpoint. right anglean angle that forms a square angle and measures 90 degrees with a protractor.

acute anglean angle that is open less than a right angle and measures less than 90 degrees with a protractor. obtuse anglean angle that is open more than a right angle and measures more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees with a protractor. polygona closed figure made up of straight line segments. Polygons are named for the number of sides they have sidea line segment forming part of a polygon triangle-- polygon with 3 sides quadrilaterala polygon with 4 sides pentagona polygon with 5 sides hexagona polygon with 6 sides octagona polygon with 8 sides equilateral trianglea triangle with all sides the same length isosceles trianglea triangle with at least two sides the same length scalene trianglea triangle with no sides the same length right trianglea triangle with one right angle. acute trianglea triangle with three acute angles obtuse trianglea triangle with one obtuse angle trapezoida quadrilateral with only one pair of parallel sides parallelograma quadrilateral in which opposite sides are parallel rectanglea quadrilateral with four right angles rhombusa quadrilateral with opposite sides parallel and all sides the same length squarea quadrilateral with four right angles and all sides the same length